When reality begins rewriting itself around Xander Axton, the inconsistencies are subtle at first-misplaced memories, impossible coincidences, people who feel almost familiar. But as the fractures deepen, Xander discovers that the world is governed by forces designed to eliminate contradiction, and somehow, he has become one. The Driftline Effect is a psychological science-fiction thriller about memory, identity, grief, and the terrifying possibility that reality can decide you no longer belong in it. And once the correction begins, survival may depend on refusing to become the version of yourself the system has chosen.